2020 archive
A Glimpse into a Void 0
Buried in a column about Donald’s being “the sorest loser ever,” John Huey asks a question which I suspect no one, not even Donald Trump, can answer.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
It seems that the new right-wing “social” media app, Parler (no, I won’t link to it), which aspires as far as I can tell to be a wingnut Twitter, has got itself some unexpected fans.
Stray Thought 0
I’m watching an episode of Midsomer Murders which includes scenes of a steam excursion railroad. (I can always find time to watch an episode of Midsomer Murders, even it I’ve seen it [mumble] times before.)
I know that none the actors playing railroaders know squat about railroads.
It’s quite easy, really. The actors keep stepping on the rails.
No true railroader would ever step on a rail. Rails are slippery. It’s too easy to slip, fall, and twist your ankle; and God help you if there’s an oncoming train.
By the way, I’ve got my Amtrak 20 year pin somewhere, if you want to see it.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz calls Maine Republicans’ hypocrisy in these viral times. A nugget:
And now, the party that serves as an incubator for so much misinformation and bile is suddenly wringing its hands that Mills may have infected her fellow Democrats? They lament that the governor, by inadvertently being exposed to COVID-19 and following every rule and recommendation to the letter in the days since, suddenly represents “a major health risk that must be dealt with at once?”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility.
Galford was wearing a shoulder holster and apparently was holstering the gun when it went off accidentally, striking Galford, Schell said.
Lowering the Barr 0
In related news, Charles Blow reminds us that Donald Trump’s presidency was precedented.
Immunity Impunity
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Warning: Some audio issues.
The Rule of Lawless, Unpardonable Dept. 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes that some persons think that, as Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, so too should Joe Biden pardon Donald Trump. He observes
Pitts goes on to argue that the two situations, America after Watergate and America after a litany of Trumpgates, are in no way analogous, advancing four reasons why pardoning Donald Trump for his conduct while president would be a travesty. He makes his case far more cogently than I can paraphrase or summarize it.
I commend his article to your attention.
Aside:
Along the lines of emphasizing how the times of Trump and the times of Nixon diverge, I call your attention to this dystopian possibility raised in all seriousness by Eric Haseltine over at Psychology Today Blogs.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
A PTA Trumpling, that is, parents Trumpling academicians.